[moorlander]

Another morning of dead car batteries and plummeting temps. Let's hope it is temporary!
-13C / 10 F this morning and water monitoring to the fore.

Good luck to all those who are experiencing the same.

P

[robert waddell]

wrap your battery in a fire blanket

[robert waddell]

or if you have friends in austrailia get them to send you    start ya bastard   i kid you not google it

[RUSTYME]

looks like it is the Aussie version of 'easy start' as it is called over here ('start ya bastard' sounds so much better  though  ).  It will start most engines very easily and fast . But it doesn't cure flat batteries . If you do have that problem and you can get your battery out of the vehicle easily , just take it out and keep it in a frost free area over night . Then pop it back in when you want to use the vehicle. Even better while it is out , stick it on a trickle charge , problem solved .

cheers

Russ 

[Daveravey]

Can't see halfrauds selling that stuff 

[manian]

hi
minus 22 here when went to work this morining at 7 am (that was after the car had been moving for about 10 mins)
had to come home early as we had no water........ froze inside the house and spent all afternoon up and down ladders with lagging and back and forth wit pigs and hens water!!!!!
finally thawed out (with thanks to hairdryer).
chinese and shower now......
 

[little blue]

bl**dy freezin' innit!

really had enough now, thanks very much.  (And so have the animals)  and I havent seen my brussel sprouts fro a week now  

[langdon]

we had same problem last winter with our cars, we learned this winter to get the engines
running early in the morning and to have the radiator stocked up with anti freeze as the jeeps radiator
cracked cos it frezzed
like the idea of the blanket around the battery.
langdon